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M E R C I A D\jVol. XXXilNo.6 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE.PENNA April 23 , 1964

May Festival of Fine, Lively ArtsBrings Series of Cultural Activities

.y B eezub and Maryce Jaeger plan lighting as Jeanne Ander-receives instru ctions ! from Peggy Hock on sound effects for

*rhe Broken Jug."

Fathers 'W e e k e n dH o n o r D a d s

Dad's Dayf one of the majorprojects of Student Governmenthis semester, will take Plaoe|April25 to 26. This is thefirst ofwhat is hoped will become an annual event.

Working closely withMiss f Fry,he Director of Dev elopm ent, th ecommittee has chosen? ,fThe Kingand I" as the theme for theweekend.

Saturday|

After registration an d a n oficial welcome on Sa turd ay m or nng, the dads and dau ght ers willattend classes conducted by several college professors. Lunch willfollow, cafeteria style.

Saturday afternoon activ itieswill include varied events on andoff campus, such a s bow ling an da tour of local in dus try.

Saturday evening will beginwith a served dinner in th e student dining room. A program ofstudent enterta inme nt an d adance, for the girls ? and their"special dates," are sch edu led toclose the day. f ^ W

SundayOn Sunday, Mass a t 10:00 w ill

be followed by brunch . In th e afternoon a dressl reh ear sal of Th eBroken j u g wil l be p r e s e n t e d .Tickets for fathers and dau gh ter sare 50c apiece. |

The weekend will cost $5.00 perfather. Day students$ will bebarged an additional $3.00.

CaUndaApril

24-26Father ,s Weekend28Modern Dance Program

May1-3 The Broken Jug

6Nominating Convention

AmericanaLT7Ascension ThursdayF r e eDay

j An Evening of Music8The Red Shoes9Junior Prom

10-Aletha Stanford recital16Senior Day of Recollection17Mary's Da y20Honors Convocation

Class PresentsPromWeekend

The South Shore Inn will bethe scene of this year's JuniorProm on May 9. Dancing will befrom 9:00 to 1:00 a m . to the mu *sic of Teddy Armen's orchestra.

Although the juniors are keeping details about decorationsstrictly top secret, they have re-vealed that the dance will followthe (theme "My Pair Lady." Thedance will climax with a buffetsupper at 11:30. 'J

A communion breakfast willclose the weekend. Mass in theMercyhurst chapel will be followed by a breakfast at the newly-remodeled Sunset Inn.

Tickets! for th e weekend are$10.00. Separate tickets are pricedat $7.50 for thetprom and $.50 forthe breakfast. Seniors may buytickets on April 27, and the remaining tickets will be sold to thejuniors, sophomores, and freshmen on April 28, 29 and 30, respectively.

Mercyhurst will present theFestival of Fine and Lively Artsfrom April116 to May 10. Thisthird| annual spring program includes: guest lectures, music recitals, art exhibitions, a danceprogram, a play, and a movie.

LecturesJohn I Mason Brown spoke

on April 16 at 8:15 in the LittleTheature. Mr. Brown discussedthe contemporary world as reflected in books, plays, and filmsin a speech entitled, ^'SeeingThings." 'm

Denis Donoghue, another guests p e a k e r , lectured on "TheQuestion of Our Speech" on April

^21 at 3:30 in the Gannon Student

Union. The same day in theevening he discussed "The ThreeDirections of Modern Poetry" at8:15 in the Gannon Playhouse.

MusicThe Music Department and

Glee Club will present a musical

May Crowning Revi sedTerry Donohue, senior, will rep-

resent the entire student body asMay Queen in Mary's Day ceremonies to be held on campus MayW Lynn Becker andTarda Kwo-lek have been chosen as Ter ry'sattendants!| fc '

Instead of the traditional MayD&y.gthe day will be officiallytermed Mary's Day. During theceremony the only crowning will

|* that of the statue of theMessed Mother. The May Queenwill not be crowned.

Th e entire student body willParticipate in the singing of a*eN-known hymn and in praying| e Magnificat in English^ T heemainder of the ceremony in-udes reading of selectedJ partsleast Masses for the presenta-

on of lowers by the seniors.

scheduled to speak to those assembled, out-doors if weather permits; otherwise, Father will speakin the chapel. Following the Marian ceremony, Benediction willb*celebrated in the chapel.

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i r n e Merciad has won itsthird ^first-class" rating intwo years from theAssociafr-ed Collegiate Press. A erated as "excellent" the editorial content, news coverage, and over-all appear-an ce of the first semesterpaper and as "exceUent" or

-vtery good" the other 20categories judged. First classor superior ratingis secondonly to the covetedall-Amer-an rat ing Which th e Merciad missed by Just 70 points.

M e r c y h u r s t hon oredArchbishop John Mark Gannon, Chancellor of the College, at ithe annual Bishop'sDay on April 22. After hisAddress to the student bodyin the chapel at 5:00, HisExcellency presided at adinner fin the student diningroom. . ^^^^^^^

evening on May 7 at 8:15 in theLittle Theatre. Included! in theprogram are a selection of Elizabethan songs commemorating thefour {hundredth anniversary ofthe birth of William ShakespearePortions of the% REQUIEM byFaure will be sung in memory ofJohn F. Kennedy!

Another musical offering isafjrecital, given by Aletha Stanfordfon May 10 at 8:15 p.m. in theLittle Theatre. Miss Stanford, asenior music major, includes inher repertoire early Italian, German, and French songs. .

ArtThe art majors of all four

classes will exhibit theirwork j at

the Erie Public Museum. This student art show includes a cross-section of the students' work inthe various art courses. The wa

iter-color paintings of DouglasGrant 'will jjbe displayed in theMercyhurst Galleries.

DanceA dance program, "Dance Spec-

kltrum," sponsored by thejiModernDance classes of the PhysicalEducation Department of Mercyhurst College is slated for April28 at 8:15 in the gymnasium.

DramaThe Broken Jug, a Germancomedy by Heinrich vonKleist, isbeing prepared by the MercyhurstDrama Society. It will be seen onMay 1, 2, and 3 at 8:15 p.m. inthe Little Theatre. Another dramatic offering is thefilm,? "TheRed Shoes," to be shown on May8 at 7:30 in the same place.

Carole Stoiber and KathyLevis! rehearse their numbe rfor the modern dance program.

Fra te rn i ty P layers Presen tClassical G e r m a n C o m e d y

Mercyhurst JuniorAwarded Position

Donna Schleutermann, a junior biology major from NlorthEast, Pa., has been appointed asa temporary employee ofthe!OakRidge Institute of NuclearStud-ies for the coming summer.

Miss Schleutermann's selectionwas made on the basis of herscholastic achievement,! aptitudegraduate school potential, and interest, by a committee of ORNLand ORINS p e r s o n n e l ^ ^ ^

Alpha PsiOmega*dramatic fraternity and the Greensleeve Players will present Heinrich fvonKleist's The Broken Jug on May1, 2, and 3.

The play will be rendered inthe comedia del* arte form underthe direction of Sister M. Brigid.Originally written in* German, fitwas translated.by Mercyhurst senior, Marlene Reich.

A classic German farce, theplay is set in the small town ofHuisein and centers around abroken jug and the person responsible for the breakage. The actioncareens|through a series off hilar

ious episodes^until the culprit isdiscovered. I

Playing .the main characterswill be Thomas McSweeney, Kath y MoManus, Richard Connelly,Igor Stolsky, Nancy McNamara,Charles Emmons, and Peggy Denial. Supporting actors areKath*McMullen, Patricia McCarty, Carolyn McCarthy, Carolj Sabella,and Mary AnnBrlcher.

There will be evening performances Friday, Saturday, and SundayMay l, 2, and 3at 8:15and a, Sunday matinee at 2:30.Tickets are $100 for students and$1.50 for adults.

New "Merciad" Editors Take P os it ion s;Experien ce Equips Six Staff Me m bersfcy *f w . I " 33 fWo . r t Bonnie, a sophomore English

Staff membership for the 1964-65 Merciad was announced lastweek by Miss Donna Schaefer,Merciad advisor, and Marty Fied

ler and Fran Herman, this year'seditors. The new Merciad editorsare Bonnie '\ Brennan and KathyCook.

-,, Bonnie Brennan and assistant editor Kathy Cook

Bonnie, a sophomore Englishmajor .from Buffalo,! New York,will be editor-in-chief. She hasworked on the editorial staffJfortwo years, serving this year asfeature page editor. Bonnie isalso a member of the Praeteritastaff.

Assuming the position ofjj assistant editor is Kathy Cook, asophomore sociology major fromErie. Kathy, also a two-year member of I th e staff, will combine th eduties of first page editor andassistant editor. She\ belongs to

YCS and Soci Seminar.Biology major AnnajeanSmall-

ey and English major SallySchmitt^will continue as editorsoff pages two and four, res pectively. Kathy Keim,a sophomore, willbecome page three editor;freshman/Nadine Kishton will assistas copy editor. Business Manager

iwill be Pat Lawlor.

er James Condon, S.J., is

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E d i t o r s D e f e n d R i g h t s B i l lS o d a l i ^ M o d e r a t o ^ p e aks o n j p o t f oeThe American people need desperatelya readjustment

of their values. Opposition to the Civil Rights Bill, whichisnow before the Senate, isa prime exampleoff our- distortedvalues. S I i I L i

H Already passed by the houseJthe bill is now being debatedin the Senate."Debated" *is a word to be used with reservations. Actually a small group of eighteen Southern senators,seventeen Democrats and oneRepublican,are using the time-honored tool of theminoritythe filibusterto prevent thepassage of the bill by the other hundred senators.

We in America look with disgust on the other nations nowengaged in internal disputes, yet we close our eyes to thetrouble right before us. Daily race riots, getting more violentwith each occurrence, make fheadlines.But| it seems thatnothing can reach some of our senators. Instead of working tocome to an agreement on this bill, senators are wasting invaluable time making statementsinj praise of the wastedhours. I fg;

The sad part is that! these senators representa largegroup ofAmericans.These peopleidofnot see the damage thisproblemlis doingfto the United States both internally and internationally. I E $ | |

The country has been moving in the wrong direction toolong to hopefor a miracle recovery, but not too long to giveup completely. Still many seem unwilling to let freedom rule.Georgia's Senator Richard B. Russell, leader of the Dixie bloc,has said: "I see no roomfor compromise on our part. We arepreparing fora | battle to the lastditchto the death." TheAmerican people have waited one hundred years for the 14th,15th and 16th amendments to become truly effective. We cannot allow these sen ators to make us wait longer. A.S.

by Sister M.deMontfortBecause the words "the Age of

the Apostolate/' "the Ageof th eLayman." "the Age of theChurch," and "the Age of Catholic Action" flow so glibly fromtongues and pens these days, itIseasy to add such phrases to one'sown store of clichesat th e riskof missing their deepmeaningt

and maintained as part of theNational archives.

"In the months since November22 , students on many campuseshave sought some tangible means

of expressingI their respect forPresident Kennedy. Since thePresident was a leader of allAmerica's youth, college studentsthroughout the country are uniting In a single effort: a nationalstudent drive to raise a substantial portion of the funds neededto build the Kennedy^library.

S t u d e n t Government, considering this project necessary andworthwhile, answered with thisletter: "Since we, feeling thatJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy reflected a newi young, vital America,and gave the world cause^to believe in the new generation,we ,as part of that generation, willsupport not only financially butalso consciously his efforts." *

Under the chairmanship ofTerry DeFino, this drive will runfrom April 27 to May 1.

Theory will be putinto practice, May 11, when M ercyhurststudents participate in a mockpresidential convention.Sponsoredby the YCS group, the conventionis designed to stimulate studentinterest in political affairs.

The YCS members, acting asmembers of the national committ e e , selected the time (7:00-9:30,

Monday May 11), place (Mercyhurst Little Theatre), and numberof votes per state.

State DelegationsFour states will be represented:

Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,New York, the home states ofthemajority of Mercyhurst students.Each student will bea'delegateof her home state, if she is fromone of those represented, orwillchoose another to represent. Inaddition, shewill pick the partyof her choice.

Members of the Young Democrat and Young Republican Clubson campus, because of the longperiod of time involved,will drawup platforms for their respectiveparties beforehand and presentthem, as the platform committeewould normally do, to the convention delegates.

National ChairmanAt the convention meeting, each

party will be addressed by its national chairman, and then thetwo parties will combine to heara keynote speaker. Following this,

[Hhere will be a ratification ofparty platform and a roll-callvote nomination by candidates ofeach party.

Audna Linter's YCS group, moderated by Mary Fisher, is respon

sible for the arrangements of theconvention which the group hopeswill be followed by a mock election in the fall. Sandy Selva.

,Mary'Lou Young, Marge Schranke l , Kathy Cook, and MaryCal-cagni are members of the group.

Students , Faculty ReceiveSummer, Grad School Grants

As summer approaches, bothfaculty members and students arereceiving notice of special awardsfor concentrated study within thecoming months.

Summer Studyfor FacultySisiter M. Carolyn has been

invited to participate in the 1964Presidents' Institute sponsored bythe Institute for College and University Administrators. The workshop, which has scheduled courses

in organization, finance, and public relations, will be held at Harvard from June 5 to 24.In Iaddition, topics| dealing with subjectsas varied as student-faculty re-sponsibility and relationship withtrustees will be discussed in thistenth annual institute. Attendingthe program subsidized bytheCarnegie Corporation will be presidents of four-year liberal artscolleges.

Sister MatthewParticipation in the Institute of

Radioisotope Technology at theUniversity of Michigan is on Sister Matthew's agenda ofsummertime activities. Co-sponsored bythe Atomic Energy Commissionand the National Science Foundation, the program is designed formembers of the science departments of colleges in the area.

Sister M. Celine, chairman ofthe math department,will study"The History and Philosophy of

Science and Mathematics forTeachers" for six weeksthis summer. This courseIs being offeredby the American University centered in Washington, D.C.

Graduate AssistantshipsAt press time, three students

have been awarded assistantshipsfor graduate study. Marlene Reichhas received grants for study inchemistry from Kansas State,Kansas, and for study in Germanfrom Wayne State, Michigan.

Denise Metier will teach nursery school as part of the graduate assistantship program at Kansas State while receiving graduate credits in home economics.

The University of Iowa hasawarded a grant for study inFrench to Carol Schultz. She willbe a graduate assistant of the department, teaching 6-8 hours aweek.

Maggie Harrison has received agrant from the University of Illinois for a computer workshop.This summer, Maggie will be oneof ten who will study in the computer! laboratory.

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Politics, Music HighlightSpring Campus Activities

Young DemsLast month's meeting of the

Young Democrats was a memorialin honor of the late president,John P. Kennedy. The next meeting will include a look into thecampaign of President Johnsonand a survey of probablevice-

presidential 'candidates.Intercollegiate Red CrossA tour through the County

C o l l e g eStudentsC o n d u c t i n t e r v i e w

Gannon and Mercyhurst ^students will be knocking jon doorsfor the next few weeks in theireffortsjto help the Erie City Welfare n Council conduct a survey onrecreation.

The object of the survey is todiscover what| available recreational facilities are now beingused and.what facilities will beneeded i n. the future.

This project grew outoft th eCouncil's fcroupfwork and recreation division. This determineschildren's use of recreationalagencies in the community andthe unmet recreational needsthese children!should have.

Students from both Gannonan d MercyhurstI are! acting asvolunteer interviewers to survey atwelve-block area selected for thestudy. This area includes 647 occupied units, housing 2200 people.

The volunteers are divided into-36 teams of one Mercyhurst andone Gannon student each. Armedwith a list of prepared questions,the teams will contact all personswithin a designatedarea^to try to

fret the desired information,j-f Mr. Joseph Tascone ofGannonconducted a training session oninterviewing! at Mercyhurst, April1 3 . f c - - I

Hospital replaced the regularmonthly Intercollegiate Red Crossmeeting. The Mercyhurst chapterof Red Cross has been workingon individual projects. Members,donating their services at theVeterans' Hospital, have been entertaining patients many hours

each week.I O.G.A.The BusinessLeaf, a pamphlet

Iwhich is the composite*workf ofsophomore business majors, wasgiven to all mem bers] at the lastO.G.A. meeting, April 15. Sophomores presented a pertinent skitbefore releasing theLeaf. A ^farewell luncheon for the seniors officially ended fclub activities forthis year.

I ! I Glee ClubThe Glee Club is in the process

of cutting a long-playing record.On April 22, the group furnishedt h e ! music for | the Archbishop'sDay Program. In May, Glee Clubwill perform at Honors Convocation, the Seniors Awards Cere

mony, and Commencement.1|- I M I.R.C.| J. IRita Cappello, Joyce Savocchio,

Christine Valentine, MoirajCulli-nan, and C onnie | Fuhrman attended the Intercollegiate Councilon Government in Harrisburg,April 9-11. The club w ill hold acoffee |hour to relate the accomplishments ofI.C.G. this year.

Young RepublicansThe members of Young Repub

licans are planning to attend theYR's of Penna. convention to beheld in Harrisburg April 24-25.

Music ClubOn May 10, Aletha Stanford,

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senior music J major, will give apublic concert in the Little Theatre. Mr. J. DiGiorgio recently donated a jazz record librarytojjtheschool, and on April!12, he gavean extendedftalk on jazz. A pic-nic in May will close club activities for the year. %

Athletic Association PlansFull Schedule a t Olym pics

Th e faculty \ emerged victoriousin f th e annualf student-facultyvolleyball game played in the gymon April! 14. Proceeds from th egame are being sent to the missions.

On Saturday, May 2, the Athletic Association is sponsoring an

Olympic Day. Various indoor andoutdoor events are being planned,beginning at 1 p.m. Both residentsand day-hops are urged to participate in some!activity, regardless of athletic ability. Three-

legged races, relay graces, basketball skills, tennis, and many moreactivities are tentatively planned.Fu ll | details of the day will beposted on the bulletin board whenthey become available, reportsRosemary Pucc-i, chairman.

The senior and freshman basketball teams fended theft ourn a-ment with identical 5-1 records. Aplay-off game was held on April16, an d the J seniors were awardedthe trophy.

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